Climate change
Prepare for Paris talks on climate
15 September 2015Environmentalists and trade unionists were set to gather in Sheffield this Saturday for a conference called by the trade union group of Campaign Against Climate Change (CCC) with Sheffield Climate Alliance.
Broken promises are Obama's real legacy
04 August 2015Barack Obama announced the final version of his “Clean Power Plan” on Sunday.
Frack Free Scarborough
07 July 2015More than 100 people attended Frack Free Scarborough’s public meeting on Thursday of last week.
Attempts to bring fracker Caudrilla back to Lancashire met with protests
23 June 2015Hundreds of people protested outside Preston Town Hall on Tuesday of this week as Lancashire County Council considered whether to bring fracking back to the region.
The pope’s climate warning needs an earthly response
23 June 2015Calls for urgent action on climate change should be welcomed, even when they come from Pope Francis, writes scientist John Parrington
In defence of humans
23 June 2015Famine and environmental crisis aren’t caused by a growing population or its ‘greed’. Instead, it’s people that hold the solution, argues Nick Clark
Reports round-up
09 June 2015National student protests called | Climate campaign plans for Paris | Protest against Kensington and Chelsea council cuts | Barnsley marches against austerity | Meeting against racists in Sheffield | Probation officers set for walkout
Protests call for for climate action
12 May 2015Around 50 campaigners held a silent protest inside Heathrow airport’s Terminal 5 on Sunday of last week.
This Changes Everything conference calls for radical action to save the planet
31 March 2015Up to 1,000 mostly young people met in central London last Saturday to discuss radical social change in response to climate change.
How we can change everything
24 March 2015As activists gather for the This Changes Everything event in London, Martin Empson looks at why workers are the key link in changing the world and saving the planet
Vanuatu hit by ‘monster’ storm
17 March 2015Cyclone Pam devastated the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu last week.
Protesters hit out at climate chaos
10 March 2015More than 20,000 people marched through central London last Saturday demanding urgent action to tackle climate change.
Thousands take to the streets of London to demand action on climate change
07 March 2015More than 20,000 marched through central London today, Saturday, demanding urgent action to tackle climate change. The Time to Act demonstration was called to put climate change at the top of the agenda ahead of the general election in May and the international talks in Paris in December.
Our rulers won't combat climate change - we have to rise up to save the planet
03 March 2015Protesters marching in London this Saturday will say it is time to act on climate change. They are right.
Fossil fuel firms paid climate change denier Wei-Hock Soon
24 February 2015A prominent climate change denier was exposed last week as having received around £800,000 from the fossil fuel industry.
Time to act and put planet before profit
17 February 2015New research underlines the risk of climate disaster unless there is radical change—adding extra urgency to next month’s Time To Act protest.
Climate campaigners slam cops for putting price on protest
10 February 2015Cops in London are demanding climate change protesters fork out thousands of pounds for private security on a march next month.
Profit drive makes low oil prices a problem
16 December 2014Oil prices have dropped by almost 50 percent this year to $60 a barrel.
World leaders take us closer to climate disaster in Lima
16 December 2014World leaders met for United Nations (UN) talks in Lima, Peru, last week—and took us closer to climate disaster.
World leaders trade hot air as a new economic crisis looms
18 November 2014World leaders shook hands a lot last week, with the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) conference in Beijing, China.
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